DARK SECRETS: 28 - The Real Truth

Putin’s reaching out to Kim Jong-un is a desperate move – and potentially a dangerous one

The reported meeting of the dictators reveals the threat of a return to old, cold war politics, says Sergey Radchenko of the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies

The Guardian - UK · Sep 7, 2023

Top Chinese officials to join North Korea founding celebrations

Group led by Vice Premier Liu Guozhong are the latest to travel to Pyongyang as it slowly opens to the outside world.

Al Jazeera · Sep 7, 2023

North Korea would pay ‘price’ if it supplies Russia with weapons, US says

White House adviser says Russia-North Korea arms negotiations are ‘actively advancing’, warns Pyongyang against deal.

Al Jazeera · Sep 5, 2023

Ukraine war: two good reasons the world should worry about Russia’s arms purchases from North Korea

US national security council official John Kirby noted on August 30 that arms transfer negotiations between North Korea and Russia are “actively advancing” as the Russian president, Vladimir Putin, seeks to feed his war machine.

The Conversation · Sep 4, 2023

Seoul's spy agency says Russia has likely proposed North Korea to join three-way drills with China

Russia has likely proposed that North Korea participate in three-way naval exercises with China, according to a lawmaker who attended a closed-door briefing with the director of South Korea’s top spy agency

The Independent UK · Sep 4, 2023

N Korea stages ‘tactical nuclear attack drill’ in warning to enemies

Pyongyang says it carried out a nuclear attack drill with mock atomic warheads attached to two long-range missiles.

Al Jazeera · Sep 3, 2023

North Korea holds ‘scorched earth’ missile test to defy US

North Korea test-fired two suspected ballistic missiles about a week after it failed to put a spy satellite into orbit, in a show of defiance after the US sent a B-1B strategic bomber to airspace off the peninsula for military drills with South Korea.

The Times of India · Aug 31, 2023

North Korea simulates ‘tactical nuclear strike’ on South Korea

Pyongyang says its latest launch is response to US-South Korean military drills that included deployment of B1-B bomber.

Al Jazeera · Aug 31, 2023

U.S. says Russia has made 'shameful' moves toward new North Korea arms deals

According to new U.S. intelligence, the potential agreement would allow North Korea to ship "significant quantities and multiple types" of weapons to Russia for deployment in Ukraine.

WEKU · Aug 30, 2023

US warns N Korea against selling weapons to Russia for Ukraine war

White House says Pyongyang should ‘cease its arms negotiations’ with Moscow amid escalating tensions with Washington.

Al Jazeera · Aug 30, 2023